Richard Hough

This article is about the historian. For the engineer, see Richard R. Hough.

Richard Alexander Hough (pronounced how; 15 May 1922 - 7 October 1999)[1] was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.

Personal life

Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyatt, who he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heights School, and they had five children including the author Deborah Moggach.[2]

Literary career

Hough won the Daily Express Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972.

After leaving school, he joined the RAF (Royal Air Force) at the beginning of World War II and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from Hollywood. He later flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.

He also wrote under the nom de plume Bruce Carter.

Among the 90 books he wrote were:

Bibliography as Richard Hough

Bibliography as Bruce Carter

References

  1. "Richard Hough". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. "Obituaries: Charlotte Hough: children’s book illustrator". The Times. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Hough, Richard (1992). Other Days Around Me. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-55221-2.

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